IMHO, ICANN should send a bill to VeriSlime for the registration of all combinations which could be caught by the wildcard. Does anyone know the maximum length of a domain name, how many different characters can be used in a domain name (a-z,A-Z,0-9,_,-,...), how many .com and .net domain names are currently registered and how much VeriSlime pays for each domain registration?
I believe that since something like 256 characters are now allowed in domain names, 64 different standard characters allowed, and since there are around 40 million .com and .net addresses currently registered, that would equate to (2 x 64^256) - 40,000,000, or approximately...
270,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000
This doesn't include the high-bit characters though :)
BTW, payments to ICANN are only proportional to total registrations, and totals less than $3 million a year across 100% of registrations. So in effect, this would cost them little extra if they were to be charged.
Matt
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